We all know lumber comes from trees, but trees were not designed for lumber. Man has to take something that naturally grows in a cylindrical shape, dry it out and make it rectangular. It’s a peculiar ...

Rubberwood is the name given to lumber from the rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis), which is a tree producing latex to produce natural rubber. (Other names today include parawood and Malaysian oak.) ...

Tucked into a squat building just across the Los Angeles River from downtown Los Angeles is an unexpected sight, set in the middle of the nation’s second-biggest city: a working lumber mill. The dusty ...